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STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW
Directed by Stephen Daldry, this gripping new
adventure will take you back to the beginning
of the Stranger Things story – and may hold
the key to the end...
PHOENIX THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2
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FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE
Inspired by one of Britain’s greatest ever
comedy series, a 2 hour production is set in a
restaurant where the audience are the diners.
PRESIDENT HOTEL
Guilford Street, WC1 (0845 154 4145)
Les Misérables celebrated its 40th anniversary in London’s West End last month,
with a special charity gala. Nearly 100 performers, including stars from the show’s
history, joined the finale. Proceeds supported The Felix Project and UKHarvest,
Photo: Danny Kaan
helping feed those in need across the UK.
PLAYS
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
From Olivier Award-nominated writer Duncan
Miller (who wrote ‘People, Places and
Things’) comes this moving one-person play,
rich with theatrical innovation. Until 8 Nov.
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE
COLD
Powerful new adaptation of John Le Carré’s
novel. With betrayal at every turn, it’s a tense
evening exploring love, sacrifice and Cold
War deception. From 17 November.
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4 Soho Place, Charing Cross Road, W1
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
James and Lou move from Chicago to
London to escape their past, but they soon
discover that places aren't haunted, people
are... From 5 December.
AMBASSADORS THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (020 7395 5405)
THE LADY FROM THE SEA
A thrilling dissection of desire, loss and
rebirth for the contemporary age. Until 8 Nov.
BRIDGE THEATRE
Potters Fields Park, SE1 (0333 320 0052)
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
Based in a unique court room setting inside
London’s County Hall, a landmark production
of Agatha Christie’s gripping story of justice,
passion and betrayal.
COUNTY HALL
Belvedere Road, SE1 (0844 815 7141)
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THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
A polytechnic amateur drama group are putting
on a 1920s murder mystery and everything that
can go wrong... does!
DUCHESS THEATRE
Catherine Street, WC2 (0330 333 4810)
THE WEIR
Brendan Gleeson stars as Jack in what
promises to be a definitive production of the
celebrated modern classic. Until 6 December.
HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
Panton Street, SW1 (0333 009 6690)
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OLIVIER THEATRE
BALLET SHOES
Noel Streatfeild’s much loved novel is brought
to life in this production, complete with
crumbling house full of dinosaur bones and
three girls fighting to pursue their individual
passions. A real treat. From 17 November.
LYTTELTON THEATRE
HAMLET
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera plays
the title role in this fearless, contemporary
take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Until 22 November.
DORFMAN
END
Touching and funny third part of David
Eldridge’s trilogy exploring love and
relationships. With Clive Owen and Saskia
Reeves. From 13 November.
THE MOUSETRAP
Agatha Christie’s whodunnit is the longest
running play of its kind in the history of
British theatre.
ST MARTIN’S THEATRE
West Street, WC2 (0844 499 1515)
OTHELLO
Shakespeare’s play rages to life like never
before in an explosive new production starring
David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin
FitzGerald. Until 17 January.
THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET
Suffolk Street, SW1 (020 7930 8800)
ALL MY SONS
Arthur Miller skewers the dishonest promise
of the American Dream in this disturbingly
prescient play about a self-made businessman
who profits from the war to provide for his
family, only to lose his wife and son in the
process. From 14 November
WYNDHAM’S THEATRE
Charing Cross Road, WC2
MUSICALS
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Adventure based on the 1985 blockbuster
about a rock‘n’roll teenager who is
accidentally transported back to 1955 in a
time-travelling DeLorean.
ADELPHI THEATRE
Strand, WC2 (020 7557 7300)
WICKED
The West End and Broadway musical
phenomenon, which tells the untold story of
two unlikely friends’ extraordinary adventures
in Oz, on their journey to becoming Glinda
The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
APOLLO VICTORIA THEATRE
Wilton Road, SW1 (0333 009 6690)
NATIONAL THEATRE
South Bank, SE1 (020 7452 3000)
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